Allied Warships

USS YMS-479 (YMS-479)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantYMS-479 
Built byMojean and Ericson Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered16 Dec 1942 
Laid down28 Apr 1943 
Launched30 Sep 1943 
Commissioned20 Jul 1944 
End service30 Jun 1958 
History

Decommissioned on 6 August 1946
Named Waxbill and reclassified motor minesweeper AMS-39 on 18 February 1947
Placed in service as naval reserve training vessel on 19 January 1950
Recommissioned on 25 September 1950
Reclassified coastal minesweeper (underwater locator) AMCU-50 on 1 February 1955
Reclassified coastal minehunter MHC-50 on 7 February 1955
Decommissioned on 30 June 1958
Stricken on 1 November 1959

 
Former namePCS-1456

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